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See also:RYSWICK, TREATY OF , the See also:peace which in 1697 ended the See also:war between See also:France on the one See also:side and the See also:Empire, See also:England, See also:Spain and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, on the other. Begun in 1689 under the leadership of the new See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of England, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III., its See also:object was to put a check on the ambitious designs of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., and it raged in the See also:Netherlands, the Rhineland, See also:Italy, See also:Ireland and Spain, in See also:India and See also:America and on the See also:sea (see See also:GRAND See also:ALLIANCE, WAR OF THE). Negotiations for peace had begun in 1696, but they were soon broken off, William III. and the See also:English See also:parliament at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time refusing to treat except " with onr swords in our hands." But in May 1697 they were renewed under the See also:mediation of the king of See also:Sweden. The See also:French representatives had their headquarters at the See also:Hague and those of the See also:allies at See also:Delft, the conferences between them taking See also:place at Ryswick. For the first few See also:weeks no result was reached, and in See also:June William III. and Louis XIV., the protagonists in the struggle, each appointed one representative to meet together privately. The two chosen were William See also:Bentinck, See also:earl of See also:Portland, and See also:marshal Boufllers, and they soon See also:drew up the terms of an agreement, to which, however, the See also:emperor See also:Leopold I. and the king of Spain would not assent. But in a See also:short time Spain gave way, and on the loth of See also:September 1697 a treaty of peace was signed between France and the three See also:powers, England, Spain and Holland, the Empire still holding aloof. William then persuaded Leopold to make peace, and a treaty between France and the Empire was signed on the 3oth of See also:October following.
The basis of the peace was that all towns and districts seized since the treaty of See also:Nijmwegen in 1679 should be restored. Then France surrendered See also:Freiburg, See also:Breisach and See also:Philippsburg to See also:Germany, although she kept See also:Strassburg. On the other See also:hand, she regained See also:Pondicherry and Nova See also:Scotia, while Spain recovered See also:Catalonia, and the barrier fortresses of See also:Mons, See also:Luxemburg and Courtrai. The duchy of See also:Lorraine, which for many years had been in the See also:possession of France, was restored to Leopold See also:Joseph, a son of See also:duke See also:Charles V., and the Dutch were to be allowed to See also:garrison some of the See also:chief fortresses in the Netherlands, including See also:Namur and See also:Ypres. Louis undertook to recognize William as king of England, and promised to give no further assistance to See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II.; he abandoned his interference in the electorate of See also:Cologne and also the claim which he had put forward to some of the lands of the Rhenish See also:Palatinate.
For further details see C. W. von See also:Koch and F. See also:Scholl, Histoire abregee See also:des traites de paix (1817-18); A. Moetjens, Actes et memoires de la paix de Ryswick (The Hague, 1725) ; A. Legrelle, Notes et documents sur la paix de Ryswick (See also:Lille, 1894) ; and H. Vast, See also:Les Grands Traites du regne de Louis XIV (See also:Paris, r893-99). See also L. von See also:Ranke, Englische Geschichte, English See also:translation as See also:History of England (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1875).
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